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Fast Trains Worldwide by Thomas Estler 9780764344473
RRP: £27.99£18.02The quest for greater speed on the rails is almost as old as the railroad itself. In the 19th and in the first half of the 20th centuries, notable things were being done under the slogan "Speed is the key:" the famous Rainhill Trials of 1829;... -
Smoke Over Steamtown by Dennis Livesey 9780764351273
RRP: £31.99£21.00Through Dennis A. Livesey's camera lens, readers will experience the thrill of the steam railroad, a transportation system that dominated the USA for over 100 years and helped build a nation. In 131 photographs of Steamtown-a heritage railroad-see the... -
British Railways Steam in Retrospect: The Post-War Era by Eric Oldham 9780752450186
RRP: £14.99£11.55In 1948, the 'big four' railway companies were nationalized to form British Railways. This collection of photographs captures the last two decades of steam power as steam gave way to diesel electrification, including many vintage locomotives of... -
Atlantic: The Well-Beloved Engine by R. A. S. Hennessey 9780752447148
RRP: £20.00£15.44The Atlantic locomotive is often described as the 'Queen' of locomotives and the image of it steaming full-blast for Chicago, Edinburgh or Paris represents a bygone age. Created in an era of great technical development at the beginning of the twentieth... -
Chicago's South Shore Line by Kenneth C. Springirth 9781634990578
RRP: £20.00£15.04Chicago's South Shore Line is a photographic essay of the last interurban electric railroad operating in the United States. Completed as the Chicago, Lake Shore & South Bend Railway (CLS&SBR) connecting South Bend, Indiana, with Pullman, Illinois, in... -
Steam Trains: A Modern View of Yesterday's Railroads by James P. Bell 9781510756649
RRP: £14.99£9.36For train enthusiasts, model railroaders, and history buffs, hop aboard this tour of North American railroads, both great and obscure. Few images speak as clearly of a time and a place as a dramatic black-and-white photograph of an American steam... -
: The Atlas of British Railway History (1985) by Michael Freeman 9781138566330
RRP: £105.00£90.86First published in 1985, this Atlas uses over 50 specially drawn maps to trace the rise and fall of the railways' fortunes, and is supported by an interesting and authoritative text. Financial and operating statistics are clearly presented in... -
Alaska Railroad: History Through the Miles by Barton Jennings 9780984986668
RRP: £19.99£13.18Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780984986668Author Barton JenningsFormat PaperbackPage Count 286Imprint Techscribes, Inc.Publisher Techscribes, Inc.Weight(grams) 331gDimensions(mm) 216mm *... -
A History of Maine Railroads by Major Bill Kenny Usaf (Ret ) 9781467145299
RRP: £21.99£14.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467145299Author Major Bill Kenny Usaf (Ret )Format PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint History PressPublisher History PressWeight(grams) 20g -
A History of the Boston and Maine Railroad: Exploring New Hampshire's Rugged Heart by Rail by Bruce D Heald 9781596293601
RRP: £21.99£13.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781596293601Author Bruce D., Ph.D. HealdFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm)... -
New Orleans Fabulous Streetcars by Kenneth C. Springirth 9781625450395
RRP: £18.99£17.66The first street railway opened in New Orleans in 1835. Over the years various methods of powering the streetcars including horses, stream locomotives, overhead cable system, and fireless locomotives were tried. In 1893, electric streetcar operation... -
Railroads and the American People by H. Roger Grant 9780253006332
RRP: £39.00£35.12In this engaging social history of the impact of railroads on American life, H. Roger Grant explores the railroad's "golden age" of 1830-1930. To capture the essence of the nation's railroad experience, Grant looks at four fundamental topics-trains and... -
The Men Who Loved Trains: The Story of Men Who Battled Greed to Save an Ailing Industry by Rush Loving
£24.50A saga about one of the oldest and most romantic enterprises in the land-America's railroads-The Men Who Loved Trains introduces some of the most dynamic businessmen in America. Here are the chieftains who have run the railroads, including those who set... -
Smoky Mountain Railways by Jacob Morgan Plott
RRP: £21.99£16.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467144599Author Jacob Morgan PlottFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint History PressPublisher History PressWeight(grams) 152g -
Railroads of the Eastern Shore by Loretta Treese
RRP: £21.99£15.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467147026Author Loretta TreeseFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint History PressPublisher History PressWeight(grams) 152g -
Short History of Railroads: The Story of the Evolution of the Train by Paul R Wonning
RRP: £8.99£7.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798637621163Author Paul R WonningFormat PaperbackPage Count 106Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 154g -
Abandoned Railroads of Delmarva by Douglas Poore
RRP: £23.99£14.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781634992855Author Douglas PooreFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint America Through TimePublisher America Through TimeWeight(grams) 295g -
The Racial Railroad by Julia H Lee
RRP: £80.00£64.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781479812752Author Julia H LeeFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint New York University PressPublisher New York University PressWeight(grams) 6g -
Tracking Rocky Mountain Railroad Club Excursions 1987-1990 by Mike Butler
RRP: £28.99£17.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781634994507Author Mike ButlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint America Through TimePublisher America Through TimeWeight(grams) 20g -
Laying the Tracks: The Thai Economy and its Railways 1885-1935 by Ichiro Kakizaki
£69.02A joint publication of Trans Pacific Press and Kyoto University Press, this economic history of the early development of Thailand's railways details the rail policies of the royal government, from the end of 19th century to 1932, when the Constitutional... -
Railroads of Meridian by J. Parker Lamb
RRP: £39.00£25.38This generously illustrated narrative follows the evolution of dozens of separate railroads in the Meridian, Mississippi, area from the destruction of the town's rail facilities in the 1850s through the current era of large-scale consolidation... -
Tracks Across Continents, Paths Through History: The Economic Dynamics of Standardization in Railway Gauge by Douglas J. Puffert
RRP: £60.00£57.55A standard track gauge - the distance between the two rails - enables connecting railway lines to exchange traffic. But despite the benefits of standardization, early North American railways used six different gauges extensively, and even today breaks of... -
: The Atlas of British Railway History (1985) by Michael Freeman
RRP: £32.99£29.16First published in 1985, this Atlas uses over 50 specially drawn maps to trace the rise and fall of the railways' fortunes, and is supported by an interesting and authoritative text. Financial and operating statistics are clearly presented in... -
Railroads in the Old South: Pursuing Progress in a Slave Society by Aaron W. Marrs
RRP: £52.50£46.28Aaron W. Marrs challenges the accepted understanding of economic and industrial growth in antebellum America with this original study of the history of the railroad in the Old South. Drawing from both familiar and overlooked sources, such as the personal... -
Baldwin Locomotives by Editors
RRP: £36.99£24.58Founded in Philadelphia in 1831 by Matthias Baldwin, the Baldwin Locomotive Works became the premier manufacturer of 2-8-2 Mikado locomotives, along with many unique designs built in small numbers for specific clients, such as a Cab Forward 4-8-8-2. From... -
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway: History and Steam Locomotives by Richard E. Prince
RRP: £24.99£22.07Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway History and Steam Locomotives Richard E. Prince Richard E. Prince's long out-of-print encyclopedic study of the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway, "The Dixie Line," with hundreds of... -
On Railways Far Away by William D. Middleton
RRP: £54.00£26.46In this lavishly illustrated memoir, William D. Middleton invites readers to climb aboard and share with him 60 years of railroad tourism around the globe. Middleton's award-winning photography has recorded events such as the final days of American Civil... -
The Electric Pullman: A History of the Niles Car & Manufacturing Company by Lawrence A. Brough
RRP: £24.99£12.86Entering an already crowded and established industry, the Niles Car & Manufacturing Company in Ohio began business with surprising success, producing well over 1,000 electric and steam railway cars-cars so durable they rarely needed to be replaced... -
Rails through the Wiregrass: A History of the Georgia & Florida Railroad by H. Roger Grant
RRP: £34.00£29.89The Georgia & Florida Railroad began with bright promise, but like many other enterprises in the early 20th-century South, it experienced hard times. The story begins in 1906, when-responding to a perceived need for better connections to northern... -
Central Illinois Train Depots by Thomas Dyrek
RRP: £24.99£15.39Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467106054Author Thomas DyrekFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcadia Publishing (SC)Publisher Arcadia Publishing (SC)Weight(grams) 318g -
The White Cascade: The Great Northern Railway Disaster and America's Deadliest Avalanche by Gary Krist
RRP: £22.00£13.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805083293Author Gary KristFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Holt PaperbacksPublisher Holt PaperbacksWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 201mm * 132mm *... -
Iowa's Railroads: An Album by Don L. Hofsommer
RRP: £35.00£15.17At one point in time, no place in Iowa was more than a few miles from an active line of rail track. In this splendid companion volume to Steel Trails of Hawkeyeland (IUP, 2005), H. Roger Grant and Don L. Hofsommer explore the pivotal role that railroads... -
Railroads and the American People by H. Roger Grant
RRP: £27.99£24.14In this engaging social history of the impact of railroads on American life, H. Roger Grant explores the railroad's "golden age" of 1830-1930. To capture the essence of the nation's railroad experience, Grant looks at four fundamental topics-trains and... -
Trains across the Continent, Second Edition: North American Railroad History by Rudolph L. Daniels
RRP: £23.99£21.24Trains Across the ContinentNorth American Railroad History Second EditionRudolph Daniels A wonderfully readable, illustrated guide to the history of railroads in America."Trains Across the Continent is everything you need to know about railroad... -
Metropolitan Railways: Rapid Transit in America by William D. Middleton
RRP: £28.99£25.96Early in the 19th century, growing American cities began to experience transportation problems. One solution was the horse-drawn streetcar, developed in 1832, but it soon proved inadequate. The first elevated train was transporting passengers above the... -
Merging Lines: American Railoads, 1900-1970 by Saunders
RRP: £33.00£29.45Why did American railroads decline from the glory days of the early twentieth century? Why did so many railroad mergers in the 1950s and 1960s, intended as a panacea for the ills of an outdated system, go sour and, in fact, make a bad situation worse?... -
American Railroads: Decline and Renaissance in the Twentieth Century by Robert E Gallamore
RRP: £26.95£21.41Once an icon of American industry, railroads fell into a long decline beginning around the turn of the twentieth century. Overburdened with regulation and often displaced by barge traffic on government-maintained waterways, trucking on interstate... -
Florida's Great Ocean Railway by Dan Gallagher 9781561647095
RRP: £14.99£11.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781561647095Author Dan GallagherFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Pineapple Press Inc.,U.S.Publisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams)... -
Perfecting the American Steam Locomotive by J. Parker Lamb
RRP: £36.00£31.98Perfecting the American Steam Locomotive documents the role played by mechanical engineers in the development of locomotive design. The steam engine and the mechanical engineering profession both grew directly out of the Industrial Revolution's need for... -
Trains of the Circus, 1872-1956: Circus World Museum Presents by Fred Dahlinger 9781583880241 [USED COPY]
£29.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583880241Author Fred DahlingerFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Iconografix,U.S.Publisher EnthusiastBooksWeight(grams) 454g